NYT Ripped for Tweet Saying Communism Taught Chinese Women to 'Dream Big'

Gao notes that the women's gains were mostly illusory and women were still forced into domestic roles, but argues that at least they had hope. "For all its flaws, the Communist revolution taught Chinese women to dream big," she concluded.

Outraged Twitter users pointed out that the "flaws" of Communism were enormous. Experts estimate that Mao Zedong and the Communist Party of China's "Great Leap Forward," a 1958 to 1962 economic and social campaign, led to the deaths of 65 million people as a result of starvation, forced labor, and state-sanctioned murder.